Nada personal amp settings — Headrush MX5
The Soda stereo guitar tone for “Nada personal”, dialed in for a Headrush MX5 with a Epiphone ES-335. Studio version, Nada Personal (1985)
Fender-style clean amp with stereo effects routing, chorus, delay. Cerati used a system splitting guitar signal into four paths with compressors and mixer before amplification. Roland Juno and DX7 synths on track. Guitar likely a Fender Stratocaster or similar single-coil instrument.
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 7 |
01Compressor (built-in block)
Light studio compression for sustain and evenness
02Chorus (built-in block - CE-1 or Dimension style)
Classic 80s chorus shimmer - essential to this tone
03Digital Delay (built-in block)
Set delay time around 350-400ms, dotted eighth feel. Place in signal chain after modulation
Your ES-335 humbuckers are warmer and fatter than Cerati's likely single-coil setup. Compensate by raising treble +1 and using the middle pickup position to thin the sound. The MX5's Fender clean models replicate the headroom and sparkle of the original recording. Keep gain low - this tone is clean platform with effects doing the work, not amp breakup.
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